HOUSTON sets RECORD, HOTTEST/DRIEST YEAR on RECORD! Records for most 100° days and latest 100° day! La Nina returns.>>>>>

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It's been hotter in the mountains of NW Arkansas
than here in Dallas... 115 degrees !



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Last Edited by AlasBabylon on 08/10/2011 04:31 PM

WE BE WAITING FOR HOUSTON'S POWER GRID TO FAIL.

This, of course, is proof that Al Gore is fat.

Ha!

Out where we are we made it without power for a week during Ike, but I'm not sure how things would be without power for lets say a month.

We've looked into a whole house generator running off propane, but as with any system, fuel is the issue in times of extended use.

During Ike many in Houston evacuated to Dallas.

Those were the smart ones who evacuated early.

Many Houstonians were stuck on the freeway...
and many of those left the freeway parking lot
only to get lost in the backwoods of southeast Texas.





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Out here in Liberty County (kinda the backwoods of SE Texas), they had the traffic so f***ed during Rita that it was impossible to evacuate, so we just hunkered down and rode it out.

Watching the horror that was I-45, we were probably better off.

For those that did stay, it was funny how no one thought about how with no power you can't pump gas.

I was smart and had a bunch on hand, and also filled all the cars ahead of time.

I'm actually praying we get a hurricane here soon, as it's the only chance for breaking this pattern.

Last Edited by THX 1138 on 08/10/2011 05:29 PM

My brother lives near NASA and was in an evacuation area,
so he went to my sister's house in northern Houston.

My sister lost power and had some damage.

The irony is... my brother called one of his neighbors
who had rode it out.. his NASA neighborhood never lost
power and there was no damage.



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As I posted previously...
maybe being in a drought...
is the lesser of two evils.



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It could be, but I'm almost willing to try the alternative.

Dallas weatherman said we *might* get some rain tomorrow...
if so it will "cool down" to just under 100 degrees on Friday.



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AB, have you seen anything about slaughterhouses running at max capacity up there?

With the expense of hay and cattle feed it would not surprise me.



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Stage II water rationing going into effect in Houston:

"Mayor Annise Parker this morning said that the city is moving toward enacting mandatory water restrictions and a simultaneous draw-down of water from Lake Conroe, as soon as next week, in response to the ongoing drought.

In June, the city implemented what it calls Stage 1 water conservation. Those include voluntary restrictions on water usage, including a request that residents limit the watering of lawns to twice a week and to do that watering at night or in the early-morning hours.

Under Stage 2, those restrictions would become mandatory. Other restrictions, such as a prohibition on washing cars, would be added, Parker said. Residents also would be required to repair water leaks on their properties within 72 hours.

The mandatory restrictions would be enforced through fines, though Parker did not elaborate.

"We are coming closer and closer to drawing down water from Lake Conroe to stabilize the water levels in Lake Houston," the mayor said. "And we are coming closer and closer to a stage 2 water conservation, which is mandatory.""

[link to www.chron.com]

Step one, as the heat and drought continues, watch it snowball.

I remember seeing a GLPer posting about trucks being lined up at one in one of my beef prices threads:

Thread: FOOD DOOM!!! Weather Channel announcer talks about how beef prices are going to skyrocket.....>>>>>

Also this one:

Thread: Beef prices in mainstream media. ABC said to expect beef to jump 20%. That was last July. Now they're just going higher.

Last Edited by THX 1138 on 08/10/2011 10:39 PM

Houston on track to set a record for the most days at or over 100°F, as we are six days away from 1980's record of 32 days:

[link to blog.chron.com]

Remember to add five days to number in that link for Houston, as we've had that many days over 100° since it was published.

Houston looks to get hotter this weekend:

"I honestly don’t know what to write any more. It’s bad enough that this August is nearly 3 degrees warmer than any previous month in the city of Houston’s historical record. And that we’re in the midst of a 16-day streak of 100-degree days that’s showing no signs of ending soon.

That’s bad."

[link to blog.chron.com]

I know we're currently @ 105°F w/a heat index of 108°F in Liberty County right now.

Houston hit 103° @ IAH yesterday, bringing the total days over 100°F to 28 for the year.

Average is 4:

[link to blog.chron.com]

Houston also set a record for consecutive days at or above 100° at 17 days, beating 1980's 14 day streak.

We're forecasted to have triple digits through Monday at least.

Last Edited by THX 1138 on 08/18/2011 12:28 PM

Currently 110.1°F with a heat index of 120°F in Liberty County.

Hot one today.

With the Weather Channel calling for at least four days in the 10-day forecast, looks like the record will fall.

1980's record is gonna fall!

Speaking from experiance, they don't give a rat's ass. They'll turn it off, but not today. Try to make some kind of payment to delay the cut-off. Good luck.

One nice thing about Alaska is that they can't turn off the power in the middle of winter IIRC.

And now add this into the mix:

"The company says the industry's standard time frame for installing emission controls is several years, but the rule requires compliance in six months. So Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings, has said it may have to shut down some coal-fired power plants in East Texas."

[link to www.star-telegram.com]

(bold and underline is mine)
(C&P is less than 50%)

It's official, we tied 1980s 32 days at or above 100° record.

With the forecast given for the next 10 days, we'll be pushing the new record up rather high as well.

I live in central texas. When i was outside leveling out a mount of dirt, i lightly dragged a rake across the ground and it pulled up 90% of the grass, dead roots and all. Normally wehave lots of u derbrush clogging up the outskirts of our yard where the forest meets but virtually all of it is dead and dried up. Nothing but trees survive beyond our sprinkler system.

We have fewer birds, most our trees are dying or at best have very withered and dry leaves. It is very bad here.

Next comes the dust bowl effect. No plants to hold soil, soil blows away . Doesn't take long.

Feel for you,this is just God-awful.